Thursday, September 30, 2010
Preventing strokes and heart attacks
As we grow older, our arteries tend to narrow as fatty and fibre-like material build up on the inner walls.If an artery gets sufficiently narrow, a blood clot may form and block the artery. If this occurs in an artery supplying blood to the heart muscle, it will restrict the heart's supply of oxygen, causing angina (a crushing chest pain) or a heart attack.
Each tablet contains 100mg of aspirin, a low dose shown by medical studies to effectively lower the risk of stroke and heart attacks.
Labels: Heart Attack, Stroke
♥Missy Cai at 9:08 PM
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Use of diabetes drug curbed
Rosiglitazone (Avandia - brand name) - Yet another drug that increases the risk of heart attack. In Europe, Avandia has been withdrawn from the market in the US, to severely control its use, after a 3 year review of its heart attacks.
Rosiglitazone, marketed by GSK as Avandia, has been used to treat Type 2 diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes
Patients with Type 1 diabetes cannot produce insulin at all.Type 2 diabetes
Patients with Type 2 diabetes are resistant to the effects of insulin.Insulin is a hormone that controls the amount of glucose in the blood. Rosiglitazone increases insulin sensitivity, controlling blood sugar levels and hence helps type 2 diabetic patients.
Labels: Diabetes
♥Missy Cai at 2:47 PM
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Rheumatoid Arthritis
What is Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic disease in which various joints in the body are inflamed, leading to joint destruction.Who is at risk?
Unlike wear-and-tear arthritis that often comes with old age, rheumatoid arthritis can affect anyone at any age. Majority of rheumatoid arthritis cases start at a time when one has many family and career commitments, between ages 20 and 40.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis may include:- Joint pain and swelling
- Morning stiffness of the joints
- Firm bumps under the skin on your arms
- Fatigue
- Fever
If left ignored, join destruction begins. Rheumatoid arthritis first affects joints in your wrists, hands, ankles and feet, and progresses to the shoulders, elbows, knees, hips, jaw and neck. It may further affect your skin, eyes, lungs, heart, blood or nerves.
How does rheumatoid arthritis impact us?
Apart from possible disfigurement of affected joints, daily activities can become very difficult or impossible to handle. The deformity, pain and fatigue may lower our work productivity. Depression can result from such emotional stress.TerraFlex deactivates destructive response, hence reduces and prevents joint destruction, allowing rebuilding of joint. Do consult your doctor about it!
Labels: Rheumatoid Arthritis
♥Missy Cai at 5:47 PM
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Proper procedure of cleansing wounds
Just yesterday, I encountered a patient who met with a car accident, fell from the motorbike. YOU --- are lucky to be alive alright. Riding motorbikes is sooo dangerous, everybody please stay away from riding them. Anyway, I have finally learned how to do wound dressing properly!
Step 1: Wear a pair of sterile gloves that fits the right size.
Step 2: Prepare some antiseptic solution (or normal saline) and soak the sterile cotton swabs in it.
Step 3: Use a forcep to pick up the wet cotton swabs, start cleaning the wounds.
Step 4: Some sterile gauze to dry the wounds.
Step 5: Dip cotton buds in Acriflavine lotion (also called yellow lotion), and apply over the wounds.
Step 6: Remove the 2 pieces of plastics of Urgotuls S.S.D.
Step 7: Place the Urgotuls S.S.D over the wounds.
Step 8: Non-stick gauze and use adhesive tapes to secure.
Step 9: Protect and secure the dressing with a 3-inch crepe bandage only tight enough to sustain the pressure but not too much to impair the circulation.
Ta-dah! Done.
:D
Labels: Wound Dressing
♥Missy Cai at 5:59 PM
